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Precise Biometrics AB (OSTO:PREC) Altman Z-Score : -3.82 (As of May. 05, 2024)


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What is Precise Biometrics AB Altman Z-Score?

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of -3.82 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Precise Biometrics AB has a Altman Z-Score of -3.82, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:PREC' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.06   Med: 2.2   Max: 70.66
Current: -3.82

During the past 13 years, Precise Biometrics AB's highest Altman Z-Score was 70.66. The lowest was -4.06. And the median was 2.20.


Precise Biometrics AB Altman Z-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Precise Biometrics AB Altman Z-Score Chart

Precise Biometrics AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.32 1.19 -1.10 -3.05 -4.06

Precise Biometrics AB Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.05 1.52 1.06 1.11 -4.06

Competitive Comparison of Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score falls into.



Precise Biometrics AB Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Precise Biometrics AB's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*0.1767+1.4*-3.6981+3.3*-0.1226+0.6*1.9959+1.0*0.353
=-3.82

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023:
Total Assets was kr212.67 Mil.
Total Current Assets was kr73.47 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was kr35.89 Mil.
Retained Earnings was kr-786.45 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -5.048 + -7.786 + -6.887 + -7.028 = kr-26.75 Mil.
Interest Expense was 0 + -0.506 + 0 + -0.166 = kr-0.67 Mil.
Revenue was 20.312 + 17.72 + 17.887 + 19.15 = kr75.07 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was kr106.47 Mil.
Total Liabilities was kr53.35 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(73.468 - 35.886)/212.665
=0.1767

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-786.452/212.665
=-3.6981

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-26.749 - -0.672)/212.665
=-0.1226

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=106.474/53.346
=1.9959

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=75.069/212.665
=0.353

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Precise Biometrics AB has a Altman Z-Score of -3.82 indicating it is in Distress Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.


Precise Biometrics AB  (OSTO:PREC) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Precise Biometrics AB (OSTO:PREC) Business Description

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Precise Biometrics AB, Scheelevagen 27, Lund, SWE, SE-223 63
Precise Biometrics AB is engaged in the business of developing and selling fingerprint software for the authentication of people's identity in mobile phones, smart cards, and products with small fingerprint sensors. The firm also develops and sells mobile smart card readers for smartphones and tablets. Its products and services include precise bio match mobile, sensor vulnerability test, and fingerprint data collection. Overall it focuses on the areas of Capacitive sensors for mobile phones, In-display sensors for mobile phones in the upper price segment, Smart cards, and New applications. The company operates in Europe, Asia, and the United States, out of which the majority of revenue comes from Asia.

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